Guest reviews for Satara Restcamp
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07 Dec 2011
Restaurant KNP
"When you stay at night and use the restaurant, the variaty of food was in our period (end of november)minor.
Another item is when you stay at several camps they offer almost all the same."
- Marlies Vermeesch-Holtmann (The Netherlands)
02 Dec 2011
Great but not so great
"The time I spent in the park was great I got to see so much game and birds, the only let down was the camp it self, I did not take much food with as I would normally eat out at the camp. This was my first trip to Satara and I thought it would have the same level of service and food as the other camps I have been to. I was wrong, most of the food was poorly prepared and the food you could buy from the little shop was rotten or going rotten, I ended up going to other camps to eat and buy food for the trip. The loo's and shower where only cleaned once a day and I found it to be dirty more often than not. Will I go back - well yes - but not to this camp."
- Willem (South African)
02 Dec 2011
A very pleasant stay
"When we arrived, we were very nicely received by Thembi, who introduced us the camp and its facilities.
We booked a Game drive, which allowed us to see three of the
Big Five and we found the other ones alone.
We initially planned to have a game walk, but we found that the fees were a bit high; as the weather was not great, it made our decision.
In terms of value for money, we found that the full breakfast was overpriced and the menu of the restaurant was a bit poor.
But the global experience was good and we will do it again."
- Jean-Francois (SA)
29 Nov 2011
2 fantastic nights in Satara
"My husband and I had 2 nights in Satara, we loved the bungalow as it had lots of room and fantastic self catering amenities. We enjoyed watching the birds that came to our table to say hello, along with the monkeys who swept through the camp late afternoon. Just be careful and don't leave any food out as they get quite hungry. I would definitely suggest Satara as a camp to stay at while in Kruger, ample game viewing as we seen lions, rhino, giraffe, lots of buffalo and elephant."
- Geraldine Toole (Australia)
28 Nov 2011
Satara Restcamp
"The booking process was fantastic - very easy and efficient - thank you very much. The position of our rondavels was also perfect.
The servicing of the rooms requires some attention. Thanks."
- Claire Thompson (south african)
28 Nov 2011
Gerrits
"It was fantastic!
Thank you."
- W Gerrits (South Africa)
23 Nov 2011
Satara Restcamp
"Enjoyed Satara - everything very good."
- Denise (SA)
21 Nov 2011
Booking and Wildcards
"My trip was great and the accommodation exactly as I expected. Thanks! The booking process set up is a bit confusing as I made two consecutive bookings and received two reference numbers, one of which being a combined booking reference. Therefore when I paid into both references the repetition meant that it appeared as if I had underpaid. This was sorted out with several emails by the time I entered the park.
The wildcard purchase I made was disappointing, The card only arrived 8 months after the purchase and I had to pay more than I was supposed to because I was not recognised for working in the country nor told that this was an available option. Because of these problems I will not buy a wildcard again."
- Tim Bray (South Africa)
19 Nov 2011
Heart warming experience
"My wife and I enjoyed our stay at the KNP, the sightseeing was heart warming and refreshing. However, the room we occupied was dusty as well as the Aircon and nearly spoiled our fun we were both sneezing non stop. I even thought we were going to catch some kind of a flu bug. But overall we enjoyed our stay"
- Sello Seoka (South African)
19 Nov 2011
Camping in KNP
"We thoroughly enjoyed out two nights' camping at Satara. The staff were pleasant, the ablutions clean and well-maintained. We had a meal at the restaurant and were perfectly happy with both the food and the service. Our only criticism of this camp is the very neglected garden in front of the restaurant - a real shame that no weeding or maintenance has been carried out there for quite some time - it rather spoilt the overall image of Satara."
- Clyde Wilson (sa)
14 Nov 2011
Medical
"We had a family member that injured her eye on the way to Satara, (a scratch from her grandsons nail) we enquired at your office if they had a medical bag, knowing that there must be a eye-patch (cap) and some eye ointment in there. They referred us to the manager's office because the medical bag is with him. We went there and needless to say they had a doctors bag available with all the antidote in there, but nothing general, not even a plaster, I asked if the shop will have any patches, and i was told that he wasn't sure, i must have a look for myself. (Nothing in the shop) our family member had a terrible weekend, driving around with a hand towel over her face the whole time.
Please make sure that your medical bags are up to date and fully equipped for any small incident."
- Hannelie vd Merwe (RSA)
09 Nov 2011
Plus and minus in the park.
"Our stay in the park was very pleasant with one exception namely at the Nkuhlu picnic spot there was no water - toilets were overflowing and not being attended to, and the staff weren't very interested in the situation. I hate to think what overseas tourists thought of this.
Also some effort should be made to control the monkeys.
Satara was fine however the stove did not warm up which was irritating.
I wondered whether the Park made use of "grey water"? Also to conserve water I thought it unnecessary to provide clean towels every day.
Overall a pleasant trip."
- Hall-Jones (South African)
31 Oct 2011
Satara
"The Accommodation was fine no problems, all that I could say is that the camp's inner circle was not as neat as previously visited."
- Martin Fraser (RSA / Germany)
27 Oct 2011
Satara Restcamp
"Nice and open."
- K Joubert (South Africa)
26 Oct 2011
Baie wild
"Satara se uitleg is goed, alhoewel dit baie droog is, sal beter wees met mooi gras. Satara is die beste plek om te bly, want daar is die meeste diere, ons het binne 2 dae die groot 5 gesien en elke dag leeus. As ek weer sou gaan sal ek beslis weer by Satara bly."
- Ronel Steenkamp (White)
25 Oct 2011
Satara Restcamp
"Satara is a very nice camp, but I will not stay over here again. The campers are too noisy and they play music at night, I could not even hear the lions. There was also an idiot that drove right up to a lion in a area where he was not supposed to drive, he scared the lion away and all of the other people standing there waiting for the lion to move had to turn around because this stupid person drove right into the bush."
- FJ Nel (RSA)
24 Oct 2011
Satara Restcamp
"Thank you for asking. We had a wonderful time!
We will see you again soon!"
- Gullett (SA)
24 Oct 2011
Fees up - but chalets remain the same
"Have noted that overall - very pleasant - don`t spend much time in the chalet - but with the fees going up by more than 10% per annum - the chalets are still the same old units with 1980s aircon units - which are terribly noisy -insufficient cutlery - we now bring our own. Increase fees by all means - BUT use the money to renovate the chalets."
- Roger le Guern (RSA)
24 Oct 2011
Great experience
"This was totally great. Saw lions on several occasions as well as their cubs. Would like to see the cheetahs and leopard, but we will visit again."
- C Lombard (RSA)
08 Oct 2011
Satara Restcamp
"Satara was a welcome change after Pretoriuskop camp. The outlet at Satara had almost everything one could perceptibly imagine to get in a National Park! The sole male elephant's arrival just outside the fence was a treat indeed !"
- Seema (Botswana)
08 Oct 2011
Plenty of game!
"My wife and I stayed in Satara for the whole week and was blown away by all the game that we saw! From a herd of Sable antelope to a Lion/buffalo kill at the Nsemani dam! We saw what felt like millions of Impala, thousands of buffalo, hundreds of elephants, plenty giraffe, plenty rhinos, 4 cheetahs, we stopped counting lions at 60! It was just amazing how many young animal we saw! In the end we did not even drive around anymore - we chose a couple of dams where we just sat and enjoyed the peace and quite and anything that came around! We will have to buy a new bird book - we completely destroyed ours by having to page around so much! It was great and we are already booked for March in Satara again...with friends!"
- Rian Herselman (South Africa)
07 Oct 2011
Satara Restcamp
"We enjoyed our stay at Satara.
We would definitely return."
- Amanda Labuschagne (SA)
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- Ronald Kamphuis (Netherlands)
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- Ronald Kamphuis (NL)
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05 Oct 2011
A night at Satara
"We travelled up from the Paul Kruger Gate and had a wonderful 2 days in the Satara area. Lions were plentiful and we had many wonderful sightings. We also saw huge herds of 200-300 buffalo and many elephant. Special sighting of a sable antelope male, black backed jackal, hyena and a leopard in a tree at Sonop w/h. Also lots of birds - kori bustard, secretary bird, ostrich and a new one for us - double-banded sandgrouse and of course the scops owl in the camp. Staff at the camp were great but the beers could have been colder (it was 40 degrees outside). Rooms were basic but clean and airconditioned! Worth every cent!"
- The Zululanders (RSA)